I went to Lea’s mom’s yesterday to put together some Christmas presents. I didn’t take any tools, anticipating stepping out to my father-in-law’s garage if I needed anything I couldn’t find in the house tool bag. And I did. Visiting Nelis’s shop is bittersweet and evocative. It’s pretty much exactly as he left it. Rick, … Read more
Oh, man. Really? Really? I saw Drebin as a hot trending word on Twitter this morning and absently clicked it, thinking a long-rumored fourth Naked Gun movie had been formally announced. Instead, I learn he died last night after complications from pneumonia. (Incidentally, folks, you don’t have a franchise without Mr. Nielsen. Don’t try anything … Read more
You ever see anything like this before? This was in my maternal grandfather’s things, then my maternal grandmother’s things, and now my things. It appears to be a wine, or possibly liquor, bottle that has been carefully covered with animal skin of some kind. The light and dark parts are hide with fur, as is … Read more